Holiday Gumdrop Cake

Submitted by Barb G.

"This is my Mom's recipe for Gumdrop cake that she use to make, It is a family favorite. Easy to make. She always left the gumdrops whole or used the small spiced gumdrops."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 55mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1⁄2 cups applesauce
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (dissolved in a little hot water)
• 1 1⁄2 lbs gumdrops
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 cups flour
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup raisins
• 1 cup nuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Grease and flour Bunt or angle food cake pan.
3. Cream butter add eggs and sugar.
4. Mix applesauce, soda, nutmeg and cinnamon together.
5. Add to butter and egg mixture.
6. Add gumdrops, nuts to flour and salt.
7. (Mix to dredge).
8. Add the flour-salt-gumdrop-nut mixture, mix thoughly.
9. Pour into prepared pan and bake 1-1/2 hours.

Reviews

[Mimi Bobeck]

Fabulous! The kids were asking me if they did something "extra-'specially good" because they thought I made this to reward them. This is not the kind of fruitcake that everyone groans when they get it at the holidays, and then gives it away, and it continues to be "given away" as a symbolic gift for years. This is one you will not only actually want to eat - but make again!

 

[Chef Crystal Cooks]

I used spiced gumdrops and it was wonderful. The spiciness from these gumdrops gave it such a great flavor with each bite! I did cut the gumdrops in half and it worked great! I left my nuts in larger pieces too and I used chunky applesauce in mine so you got bits of apple throughout too. I used a sugar glaze on the top and just drizzled it down over the top. We all loved it here! Such a pretty presentation and a real belly tickler for my grandkids!

 

[Suzy_Q]

OMG I am so exited to see this recipe! I've never like traditional fruitcake due to the candied fruit. Once as a child, my neighbor brought us over a "fruitcake" (in a loaf pan) for Christmas but instead of candied cherries there were gumdrops! I loved it and I've been looking for the recipe ever since. Looking forward to trying this.

 

[MSnow]

This cake turned out really pretty, but we were a little disappointed in the taste. The problem was that the gumdrops, numerous as they were, were just a tad overpowering. I would recommend halving the amount of gumdrops; that way, you get a gumdrop here and there instead of a mouthful with every bite. I'm glad I tried your recipe though, as I was curious about the whole idea of gumdrop cake. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kathy G.]

This was easy to put together. Its not overly sweet. It bakes up very pretty. It just wasnt what we were looking for.